How significant was the battle of the Atlantic to the outcome of the war?

Hi, I have an essay to write on this topic and was wondering if any of you experts could fill me in with ideas relating to the topic.
thanks

 

Everything you need to know about it. Have a read:

Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Easy. A lost Battle of the Atlantic would mean a starving and surrendering Britain, no 2dn Front. You figure the rest out from here, brrr!

 

The Battle of the Atlantic was vital to the Allies. Losing it meant losing the capacity to win the war....ie a stalemate as Germany by 1943 no longer had the capacity to win...
Anyway, for the Germans the best outcome from this battle was that it cost the Allies on the order of ten billion dollars in production and losses to fight the battle. This was about ten times the German investment in U-boats. As an economic battle, it was a German success. As a military battle it was an Allied victory.

 

So I pull my tongue at you and spend nothing. You go out and buy a hammer for $5 and squash my head. So I win the economic battle but end up with a boinked head. Is that it?

 

More like a $10 hammer.

 

That's overkill!